as in island
a ring-shaped land mass surrounded by water and made of coral
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Some resorts in the atoll, such as Finolhu, take an active role in the coral's preservation, and its efforts are led by its resident marine biologist, Ivana Tobar.
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The center of at least three hurricanes passed over French Frigate Shoals, an atoll roughly 435 miles west of Kauai, including Della in 1957, Gil in 1983 and Walaka in 2018.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.
—Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The center of at least three hurricanes passed over French Frigate Shoals, an atoll roughly 435 miles west of Kauai, including Della in 1957, Gil in 1983 and Walaka in 2018.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atoll
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The research team highlighted that beyond water harvesting, these coatings could help reduce urban heat island effects, lower energy needs for air-conditioning and provide climate-resilient water sources in regions facing growing heat and water stress.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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At a press conference on the island of Langkawi, close to the search area, Malaysia’s maritime agency said air assets were being deployed by both Thailand and Malaysia to search for survivors.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Long Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos No, the island of Provo—the traveler’s gateway to Turks and Caicos’s 40-odd islands and cays—isn’t undiscovered by any stretch of the imagination.—
Kristin Braswell,
AFAR Media,
14 Aug. 2025
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Offshore, cays drift in dreamy isolation—their edges kissed by foamy surf and dotted with nesting Brown Pelicans.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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These islets include beta cells and can be infused into a patient to restore their ability to produce their own insulin.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The uninhabited islets became a focal point of tensions between China and Japan after Tokyo nationalized the chain in 2012.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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In Gillespie and Pettigrew’s telling, after failing to find Howland Island, Earhart headed south and landed the Electra on Nikumaroro’s large coral reef, which is exposed at low tide.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Gulf is home to the northernmost coral reef and over 500 species of tropical fish.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Atoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atoll. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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